Metro Area Brief

July 20, 2006|STAFF REPORT

SOUTH BEND

Bank robbers remain at large, police say

Police are still searching for two men in a Tuesday morning robbery at the 1st Source Bank at 2602 Mishawaka Ave. A man was arrested shortly after the robbery at the corner of Calvert and Miami streets and taken into custody on an unrelated offense. Two men were taken into custody from a home in the 1100 block of East Bowman Street, but police said it doesn't appear they are involved in the robbery, either. But both men were arrested on unrelated charges, police said. One was taken in for being a felon in possession of a handgun, while the other was arrested at the scene for resisting law enforcement. There was an almost two-hour police standoff outside the home on Bowman Street before the people inside exited the home. A police negotiator and the SWAT team was also called in. Police said two men entered the 1st Source Bank and stole an undisclosed amount of money before driving away in a minivan. Anyone with any information about this crime is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (574) 289-STOP or South Bend Police Detective Bureau at (574) 235-7545.